# Belmont City Council, District 1 Gina Latimerlo is running uncontested for Belmont City Council, District 1. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. Belmont's City Council has four district seats plus a separately elected, citywide Mayor. Each councilmember represents one of the city's four districts. The term is four years. Only two of the four districts are up this cycle. - Jurisdiction: City of Belmont - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/belmont-council-1 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 1, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 73 out of 100 (Mixed), across 5 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Gina Latimerlo** — Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Councilmember Gina Latimerlo is running for reelection unopposed in District 1; they were the only candidate who qualified by the filing deadline. Belmont's City Council has four district seats, each elected only by the voters of that district, plus the separately elected, citywide Mayor. Councilmembers serve staggered 4-year terms; only Districts 1 and 3 are up this cycle, alongside the Mayor's seat -- Districts 2 (Cathy Jordan) and 4 (Tom McCune) are not on this ballot. The county's own certified candidate roster and independent San Mateo Daily Journal reporting (Aug. 11, 2026) both confirm no one else filed to challenge Latimerlo this cycle. ## Gina Latimerlo The incumbent, first elected to represent District 1 in 2022 (seated 2023) and seeking a second term; they also served as the council's Vice Mayor in 2024 and previously as a Planning Commissioner (2021-2022). A Belmont resident and small-business owner for roughly 25 years, they have run the Latimerlo Studio, a voice-training business, since 1998, and were previously president of their Homeview neighborhood association for a decade. Their stated priorities include managing growth and development in District 1 -- which they describe as the center of the city's commercial and residential core -- expanding civic-leadership pipelines for underrepresented residents, improving two-way communication between residents and city government, protecting Belmont's open space, and continuing infrastructure repairs to roads, sewers, and storm drains. They also serve as Board Chair of Commute.org and Vice Chair of the San Mateo County Community Action Agency Board. **Strengths:** One term on the council plus a year as Vice Mayor. A local business background. Every sitting councilmember has endorsed Latimerlo, including outgoing D3 rep Pang-Maganaris. So has Mayor Mates. **Trade-offs:** No independent reporting on their first term was found. The San Mateo Daily Journal only confirmed that they are running unopposed. **Keep in mind:** They have no opponent. The vote is a question of whether to keep them, not a choice between candidates. ## Review notes - Gina Latimerlo for Belmont City Council -- her own campaign site's home and '2026 Election' pages: her background, small business, council priorities and record, and a list of 2026 endorsements including Mayor Mates and every other sitting Belmont councilmember. and Gina Latimerlo for Belmont City Council -- 'Districts/Voting' page on her own campaign site: names Belmont's four City Council districts and their current representatives (District 1: Latimerlo; District 2: Cathy Jordan; District 3: Robin Pang-Maganaris; District 4: Tom McCune) plus the citywide, at-large Mayor (Julia Mates). may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources. ## Sources 1. [San Mateo County ACRE (Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder-Elections) -- Roster of Candidates, Qualified Candidates Only, November 3, 2026 General Election (CFMR009), dated 2026-08-25: confirms Belmont's Mayor, Council District 1, and Council District 3 are each 'On Ballot: Yes' with exactly one qualified candidate apiece (Julia Mates, Gina Latimerlo, Sarah K.M. Delisle)](https://smcacre.gov/system/files/2026-08/52_candidateroster0825.pdf) 2. [San Mateo Daily Journal -- "San Mateo County election races take shape across cities, schools" (Daily Journal staff report, published Aug. 11, 2026): independently confirms Mayor Julia Mates, Councilmember Gina Latimerlo (District 1), and Sarah Delisle (District 3) are each running unopposed/uncontested, and identifies District 3 as the seat currently held by Councilmember Robin Pang-Maganaris, who is not seeking reelection](https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/san-mateo-county-election-races-take-shape-across-cities-schools/article_24177505-16a5-4574-87d6-842157cae5f6.html) 3. [Wikipedia -- "Belmont, California": used narrowly for the current-officeholder roster (Mayor Julia Mates; Vice Mayor Robin Pang-Maganaris; Councilmembers Tom McCune, Gina Latimerlo, Cathy Jordan), not for anything volatile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_California) 4. [Gina Latimerlo for Belmont City Council -- 'Districts/Voting' page on her own campaign site: names Belmont's four City Council districts and their current representatives (District 1: Latimerlo; District 2: Cathy Jordan; District 3: Robin Pang-Maganaris; District 4: Tom McCune) plus the citywide, at-large Mayor (Julia Mates)](https://ginaforbelmont.org/districts) 5. [Gina Latimerlo for Belmont City Council -- her own campaign site's home and '2026 Election' pages: her background, small business, council priorities and record, and a list of 2026 endorsements including Mayor Mates and every other sitting Belmont councilmember](https://ginaforbelmont.org) ## The rest of the ballot Belmont City Council, District 1 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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